So How many phones can you bring with you in to Pakistan?
Now if you’re using a foreign sim on roaming, there will be no restrictions, However if you put in a Pakistani Sim in to you’re device you will have a total of 30 days to get the device whitelisted and if you do not carry out that process well that will simply result in your phone being blocked. All in all you are allowed to bring with you a total of 5 phones per year in to Pakistan, apart from the one phone, you are applicable to pay the necessary duty on all of the other 4 mobile devices that you are bringing along. So in easy words, if you bring 5 phones with you, you can use the primary one and not pay anything at all, while on the other 4 taxes will have to be paid.
Here are the various types of Duties and Taxes
Different Types of Duties and Taxes
First of all, let’s list down all the different types of duties and taxes you’ll have to pay on phone imports.
- Customs Duty
- Regulatory Duty
- Sales Tax
- Additional Sales Tax
- IT Duty
- Mobile Levy
- Provincial Tax
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Value of Duties and Taxes
Mobile Levy
Value of phone in $. Taxation
| 10,000 to 40,000 | Rs. 1000 |
| 40,000 to 80,000 | Rs. 3000 |
| Over 80,000 | Rs. 5000 |
Regulatory Duty
Value of phone in $. Taxation
| $1 to $60 | Rs. 250 |
| $61 to $130 | 10% of value |
| Over $130 | 20% of value |
Sales Tax
The amount for sales tax is fixed at Rs. 1500.
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Customs Duty
The amount for customs duty is fixed at Rs. 250.
Additional Sales Tax
The additional sales tax is fixed at 3% of the phone’s value.
IT Tax
The IT tax is fixed at 9% of the phone’s value.
Provincial Tax
The provincial tax is applicable only for Punjab and it’s fixed at 0.9% of the phone’s value.
How Much Tax You’ll Pay Based on Phone Value
If you don’t want to swing out a calculator, we’ve compiled this list which will tell you exactly how much tax and duties you’ll pay depending on the cost of the phone.
Please keep in mind that these charges are calculated by assuming the value of the US Dollar is equivalent to Rs. 140.
Value of phone in Rs.Taxation in Rs.
| $50 | Rs. 4641 |
| $100 | Rs. 6367 |
| $150 | Rs. 8083 |
| $200 | Rs. 13,116 |
| $250 | Rs. 15,666 |
| $300 | Rs. 20,216 |
| $350 | Rs. 22,767 |
| $400 | Rs. 25,317 |
| $450 | Rs. 27,867 |
| $500 | Rs. 30,417 |
| $550 | Rs. 34,967 |
| $600 | Rs. 37,517 |
| $650 | Rs. 40,067 |
| $700 | Rs. 42,618 |
| $800 | Rs. 47,718 |
| $900 | Rs. 52,818 |
| $1,000 | Rs. 57, 918 |
| $1,200 | Rs. 68,119 |
| $1,400 | Rs. 78,319 |
| $1,500 | Rs. 83, 420 |
